Hakodate-Esashi Expressway

Expressway in Hokkaido, Japan

Hakodate-Esashi Expressway

函館江差自動車道
Route information
Length| 34.0 km (21.1 mi)
Existed| 2003–present
Major junctions
North end|  Hakodate Shindō
at Hakodate Junction
South end|  National Route 228
at Kikonai Interchange
Location
Country| Japan
Major cities| Hakodate
Hokuto
Kikonai
Highway system

* National highways of Japan

* Expressways of Japan

The Hakodate-Esashi Expressway (函館江差自動車道, Hakodate-Esashi Jidōshadō) is an incomplete two-lane national expressway in Oshima Subprefecture of Hokkaido, Japan. It is owned and operated by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and is signed E5A as an extension of the Hokkaido Expressway under the "2016 Proposal for Realization of Expressway Numbering."[1]

## Route description

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Officially, the current (as of January 2019) section of expressway open is known as the Hakodate-Kikonai Road. It is 34.0 kilometres (21.1 mi) long. The speed limit is set at 100 km/h along its entirety. With the exception of a short section at Hakodate Junction, the expressway only has one lane in each direction.[2]

The roads northern terminus is at an interchange with Hakodate Shindō, a southern extension of the Hokkaido Expressway. From here the road travels west out of Hakodate and in to Hokuto. Upon entering Hokuto it has a junction with Japan National Route 227. It then crosses the Kunebetsu and Ōno rivers before another junction, this time with Hokkaido Route 96. From here, the route curves to the southwest, roughly paralleling the Hokkaido Shinkansen rail line, while the older Esashi Line winds back and forth alongside the expressway. The expressway abruptly meets in temporary southern terminus at Hokkaido Route 1167 in the southern part of Hokuto near Moheji Station.

## History

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The expressway was first opened between Hakodate Junction and Hokuto-chūō Interchange in 2003. At the time of construction, the open interchanges in Hokuto had different names. Those interchanges were renamed Hokuto-Oiwake and Hokuto-chūō in October 2009. Shortly after, in November of the same year, the expressway was extended to Hokuto-Tomigawa. After that, in March 2012 the expressway was extended to Hokuto-Moheji.[3] Most recently, in March 26, 2022 the expressway was extended to Kikonai.[4]

## Future

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Construction is underway to extend the expressway 16.0 kilometres (9.9 mi) to Kikonai; however, progress was delayed due to the finding of Jōmon period relics in the construction area. The completion date for this extension is March 26, 2022.[5]

## Junction list

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The entire expressway is in Hokkaido.

Location| km| mi| Exit| Name| Destinations| Notes

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Through to  National Route 278 (Hakodate Shinsotokan Road)
Hakodate| 0| 0.0| 1| Hakodate|  Hakodate Shindō– Nanae, Sapporo,
Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station| Northern terminus.
Hokuto| 3.4| 2.1| 2| Hokuto-Oiwake|  National Route 227|
8.0| 5.0| 3| Hokuto-chūō| Hokkaido Route 96|
12.6| 7.8| 4| Hokuto-Tomigawa|  National Route 228| Northbound entrance and southbound exit only
18.0| 11.2| 5| Hokuto-Moheji| Hokkaido Route 1167|
Kikonai| 34.0| 21.1| 6| Kikonai|  National Route 228| Current southern terminus as of March 2022
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

* Incomplete access

## References

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1. ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp.
2. ^ "函館江差自動車道" (PDF) (in Japanese). 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
3. ^ "お知らせ" [Notice] (PDF) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
4. ^ "E59函館・江差自動車道 茂辺地木古内道路（北斗茂辺地IC〜木古内IC）が令和4年3月26日（土）15時に開通します！" (PDF). 国土交通省北海道開発局 函館開発建設部. 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
5. ^ "函館江差自動車道 茂辺地木古内道路の開通予定の見直し" [Revised date for the opening of the Kikonai Extension of the Hakodate-Esashi Expressway] (PDF). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (in Japanese). 26 July 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

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* C3 Tokyo Gaikan
* C4/E66 Ken-Ō
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* E6 Jōban
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* E7/E46 Akita
* E8 Hokuriku
* E13 Tōhoku-Chūō
* E14 Tateyama
* E17 Kan-etsu
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* E19 Nagano
* E38/E61 Dōtō
* E45 Sanriku
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* E50 Kita-Kantō
* E51 Higashi-Kantō
* E65 Shin-Kūkō

Central Nippon Expressway Company|

* C2 Mei-Nikan
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* E1 Tōmei
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* E1A/E52/E69 Shin-Tōmei
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* E8 Hokuriku
* E19/E20/E68 Chūō
* E19 Nagano
* E23 Higashi-Meihan
* E23 Ise
* E27 Maizuru-Wakasa
* E41 Tōkai-Hokuriku
* E42 Kisei
* E52 Chūbu-Ōdan

West Nippon Expressway Company|

* E1 Meishin
* E1A Shin-Meishin
* E2 San'yō
* E2A Chūgoku
* E2A Kanmon Bridge
* E3 Kyushu
* E3A Minamikyushu
* E9 San'in
* E10/E78 Higashikyushu
* E10 Miyazaki
* E11/E32 Tokushima
* E11 Takamatsu
* E11/E56 Matsuyama
* E24 Keinawa
* E25 Nishi-Meihan
* E26 Kinki
* E26/E42 Hanwa
* E27 Maizuru-Wakasa
* E29 Harima
* E32/E56 Kōchi
* E34 Ōita
* E34 Nagasaki
* E35 Nishi-Kyūshū
* E54 Matsue
* E58 Okinawa
* E71 Kansai-Kūkō
* E73 Okayama
* E73 Yonago
* E74 Hamada
* E74 Hiroshima

Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company|

* E28 Kobe-Awaji-Naruto
* E30 Seto-Chūō
* E76 Nishiseto

MLIT|

* E4A Kamikita
* E5 Hakodate Shindō
* E5A Kuromatsunai Shindō
* E7 Akita
* E9 San'in Kinki
* E25 Meihan
* E29 Tottori
* E38 Dōtō
* E38/E44 Kushiro Sotokan
* E39 Asahikawa-Monbetsu
* E41 Nōetsu
* E41/E86 Noto-Satoyama
* E45 Hachinohe-Kuji
* E45 Sanriku
* E45 Sanriku-kita Jūkan
* E46 Kamaishi
* E54 Onomichi
* E55 Kōchi-Tōbu
* E55 Tokushima-Nanbu
* E58 Naha Airport
* E59 Hakodate-Esashi
* E60 Obihiro-Hiroo
* E61 Tokachi-Okhotsk
* E62 Fukagawa-Rumoi
* E63 Hidaka
* E64 Tsugaru
* E67 Chūbu-Jūkan
* E69 San-en Nanshin
* E70 Izu-Jūkan
* E72 Kitakinki-Toyooka
* E75 Higashihiroshima-Kure
* E77 Kyushu Chūō

Urban Expressways|

* Fukuoka & Kitakyushu
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* Hiroshima
* Nagoya
* Shuto
* Tokyo

Prefecture Maintained Routes|

* E4A Daini-Michinoku
* E4A Michinoku
* E80 Abukuma Kōgen
* E81 Nikkō Utsunomiya
* E87 Chitahantō
* E95 Bantan Renraku
* E97 Ōita Airport

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